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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169251205" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tyler Thrailkill <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169251205">(Jun 28 2019 at 18:43)</a>:</h4>
<p>Several questions about Zulip. We're trying to decide on whether to switch from Slack to a different chat provider and Zulip is top of the list.</p>
<p>1. Is rust-lang self hosted?<br>
2. If it's self-hosted are you using AWS for hosting? <br>
3. What are the costs like?<br>
4. How many users are currently registered?<br>
5. Have you encountered any major issues? <br>
Thanks in advance for even taking the time to read this!</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169254496" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169254496">(Jun 28 2019 at 19:22)</a>:</h4>
<p>1. I believe this instance is <em>not</em> self hosted, but you can definitely do that if you want;</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169254641" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169254641">(Jun 28 2019 at 19:24)</a>:</h4>
<p>4. You can see user list on the right hand side. It contains 309 entries ATM</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169254684" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169254684">(Jun 28 2019 at 19:24)</a>:</h4>
<p>5. I don’t remember any issues occurring and the Zulip people are fairly responsive to feature requests too in my experience.<br>
Disclaimer: just an user, not an authoritative answer.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169261930" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tyler Thrailkill <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169261930">(Jun 28 2019 at 21:03)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="123586">@nagisa</span> ah thank you! so rust-lang only retains the last 10k messages then right? and yes I wondered if that was the full list on the right, wasn't sure as it feels like there are way more users discussing stuff.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169262891" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169262891">(Jun 28 2019 at 21:15)</a>:</h4>
<p>Not sure about 10k – at the very least we still have history all the way back to the beginning of our Zulip use (from about a year ago)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169262959" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nagisa <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169262959">(Jun 28 2019 at 21:16)</a>:</h4>
<p>but I’m sure that we either do pay for the service and/or we have a special deal of some sort.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169264861" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169264861">(Jun 28 2019 at 21:43)</a>:</h4>
<p>I don't <em>think</em> we pay for Zulip or have a special deal (it definitely isn't self-hosted though). I think the only major issues we've ran into is that some folks aren't a fan of the design/interface. In the last few months, we switched to Zulip where I work and in both cases, they've been really receptive to PRs and feature requests - I've landed a few with them and it's always been a pretty easy process.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169265093" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169265093">(Jun 28 2019 at 21:46)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think the biggest thing we'd want for the Rust instance is a way to not require a login to read the messages.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169265160" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169265160">(Jun 28 2019 at 21:47)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think there are around ~1440 users on this instance.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169265291" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169265291">(Jun 28 2019 at 21:48)</a>:</h4>
<p>I can say that self-hosting is relatively painless though. We self-host our instance at work and it's very low maintenance, easy to backup and upgrade. I can't speak to cost since we run it on our internal network and not on AWS or anything like that.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169265611" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169265611">(Jun 28 2019 at 21:54)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think our "special" deal is an open source org:</p>
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<p>Yes! Zulip Cloud Standard is free for open source projects and affiliated institutions. We also offer steep discounts to non-profits, educational institutions, groups of friends, and in scenarios where most of the users are not paid employees (e.g. company support forums). Just contact <a href="mailto:sales@zulipchat.com" title="mailto:sales@zulipchat.com">sales@zulipchat.com</a> and we’d be happy to discuss your situation! </p>
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<p>from <a href="https://zulipchat.com/plans/" target="_blank" title="https://zulipchat.com/plans/">https://zulipchat.com/plans/</a> FAQ</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169314811" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Skyler Hawthorne <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169314811">(Jun 29 2019 at 22:40)</a>:</h4>
<p>I've been curious to try it out at work too. Does anyone know how difficult it is to set up public access with authentication and notifications for apps?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169314920" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Skyler Hawthorne <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169314920">(Jun 29 2019 at 22:45)</a>:</h4>
<p>For self hosted I mean</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169317392" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tyler Thrailkill <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169317392">(Jun 30 2019 at 00:13)</a>:</h4>
<p>Fantastic, all of this info is extremely useful. The fact that they are open to PRs/Feature Requests is amazing as well. 1400+ users also seems right for how many messages I see go through here. </p>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116107">@davidtwco</span> the fact that you run it at work also is interesting to me. did you switch from slack or a competitor? or did you start straight off with zulip? The low maintenance is pretty important.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169327013" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169327013">(Jun 30 2019 at 06:14)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="201600">@Tyler Thrailkill</span> we were originally using HipChat, but Slack bought that and discontinued it so we were looking around for alternatives.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip/near/169327016" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Tyler Thrailkill <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122651-general/topic/zulip.html#169327016">(Jun 30 2019 at 06:14)</a>:</h4>
<p>gotcha!</p>



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